Scaffolding Apprenticeship at BYLOR SERVICES LIMITED

Scaffolding is the construction of a temporary structure that offers support and elevation - allowing workers to carry materials and easily access site, offering a safe and secure setting while working at a considerable height. In this role, you will be responsible for the construction of scaffolding which ensures the safety of workers and forms a vital part of maintaining safety on site. The apprenticeship is made up of tutorials, workshops and practical’s along with working at HPC for Bylor. You will need a good eye for detail and the ability to follow engineering instructions and technical charts and diagrams. Good maths skills are necessary to work out and follow precise measurements. Scaffolding jobs are physically demanding, involving heavy lifting, bending, and working at heights.

Your working environment may be at height, noisy, dirty, physically demanding, outdoors in all weathers and cramped. You will need to wear safety clothing and use safety equipment and adhere to the HPC values.

Daily Duties:

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• Follow procedures in line with health and safety regulations, standards, and scaffold guidance (quality)
• Comply with risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work
• Inspect and select serviceable scaffold materials, components, and tools before use and escalate defects
• Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal
• Carry, raise, lower, scaffold materials on a working platform
• Move and store components tools and equipment
• Install scaffold cantilevered structural components according to requirements of industry guidance and manufacturer’s instructions
• Protect others within the working vicinity
• Install spurs and supports on cantilever sections
• Select, space, and install the correct number of ties to restrain un-sheeted scaffolds to industry guidance and manufacturer’s instructions
• Determine the component requirements for independent scaffolding
• Organise materials to operate within the industry and manufacturers configurations and tolerances
• Use lifting equipment safely to haul up scaffold components and equipment to working platform
• Lay out materials, set out scaffolds to erect and dismantle scaffolds in a safe sequence
• Inspect scaffolds prior to hand over
• Use access and work at height equipment in accordance with training, relevant regulations and employer’s and manufacturer’s instructions
• Erect and dismantle independent scaffold with cantilever section to a maximum height of 2m working platform
• Erect and dismantle independent scaffolds, with features for example, towers, birdcages, chimney stacks, loading bays with or without beams, truss outs with beams, splays, and bridging sections with beams and gantry scaffolds.
• Communicate with others verbally.
• Apply team working principles.
• Interpret information from drawings and specifications.
• Follow equity, diversity and inclusion guidelines.